Week 3, day 2 of healthy cooking :)

Welcome back to see the results of my Mexican Meatballs and Pasta!

I followed Olena Osipov’s recipe as follows:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line large baking sheet with unbleached parchment paper and spray with cooking spray.*
2. In a large mixing bowl, add turkey, cheese, green onions, garlic, chili powder, cumin, paprika, salt, pepper and mix well using your hands. Form into 30 golf ball size meatballs (I use small ice cream scoop).
3. Bake meatballs in 2 batches for 15 minutes or until browned. Serve hot with guacamole and pick de gallo. Or serve as an appy.

Overall, this dish was super easy and fast to make as you can tell by the recipe! I definitely recommend trying it out, as it also tasted amazing!

One thing that was quite funny to me when making this dish was when I had to put all of the ingredients in a bowl with the ground turkey, which was really cold, along with all of the other ingredients to mix it and my dad looked at me and said “Welcome to real cooking.” When you are trying out different meals you will have to get your hands dirty in some kind of way, whether if it’s during the actual cooking, with the actual meal or cleaning up. I was not prepared to stick my hand in the bowl, but after a while of mixing, I felt like a professional. At first I complained, but now I know what has to be done to make something delicious! I am ready to get my hands dirty when cooking, but always remember to wash your hands!!!

It is also amazing to see how far along I am coming. Before all of this, I never even wanted to try cooking because I thought it was going to be a nightmare, but now I have learned little things like the courage to put my hands in a messy bowl of food or grab something quickly out of the burning hot oven, which I never wanted to get near before. It is a great feeling to have, especially the feeling of responsibility because cooking is something adults do and now I feel as if I am growing up because of my new skills.

Come back next week for Ground Turkey and Broccoli pasta as my family also requested I learn one more dish with pasta before I move on!